Pipe supporting bracket



Dec. 1, KQCH PIPE SUPPORTING BRACKET Filed July 26,1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l Dec. 1-, 931; F. KOCH PIPE SUPPORTING BRACKET Filed July 26, 1928 2 Sheets-Shee 2 trated inFig. v1; Figs. 9 and 10' are sections Patented Dec. 1, 1931 FELIX KOCH, or BELLnv n;f-rnNNsYLvnNrA; *-.ASSIGNOR" TO ."PRESSED srnnn GAR,

ooMrANY, or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA; n ooitronn'rroN on NE JERS PIPE sUrPontr'I G BRACKET Application filed July 26;

An object of my invention is to provide a pipe supporting bracket, such as forheaterifl pipes in a railway car, that will maintain) the various pipes in alignment, prevent the rattling of the pipes when the car is in motion and allow free movement of the pipes during expansion and contraction.

Another object ofmy invention is to provide a pipe bracket with resilient means for: holding the pipes against vibration.

Another object of my invention being to the brackets more accessible for assembling. Referring to the drawlngs, Fig. 11s a VlGW:

showing the bracket in elevation and a method of assembling the pipes; Fig. 2 is a.

section taken along'the longitudinal center line 22 ofqFig. 1; Figs. 3 and 4. are plan views showing the top and bottom of the: bracket and the means .for'attaching the, bracket to the car; Figs; 5 and 6 are sections: taken along the lines 55 and 6+-6 through the hinged side vof'the' bracket; Figs. 7 and'8 are modifications of the invention as illus through the resilient member along-the lines I is a section through the bottom member .of

the bracket along the. lines 11z11 of Fig. 8:

Referring now in detail to the bracket as illustratedin Fig. 1 of the drawlngs, refer ence character 1 indicates aplpe supporting V bracket having a rigid frame comprising a fixed side 2, top 3, bottom 4 and ahinged side 5 On the interior of. the bracket and arranged longitudinally of the-side 2' are a plurality of pipe seating surfaces which are adapted to engage a portion ofa pipe which of. The top portion 3 of the bracket-is made integral with one end ofthe side 2 and the bottom 4' of the bracket is made integral with" the lower end of the side 2. Each *of the portions 3 and a have flanges 7 near the ends, adjacent the sidefZQwhich are provided with.

. suitable openings to receive fastening members for attachmentto the car body. The

- other ends are reducedin widthzto engage' with the hinged side 5 which completes the 1928, Serial No; 295,407; r

bifurcated at each end, one end being ifastened by a pin 5 to the bottom 4-to form a hinge joint and the other endbeing fastened -:by a removable pin 5 to the top .3 of the bracket, a i I I p Interiorly of the bracket is a seating memprovide a hinged vor removable side to makefportions 3 and 4 of the bracket which act as 1 guides [to permit movement transversely; of

by it and is inturnsupported by bearin on -.theportion 4: ofthe bracket frames, A ong the hinged side '5 and interiorly of the bracket, is a seating member 10 which has a- {plurality of seating surfaces 11 longitudi- "nally'of themember and is arranged to span 7 a 'pluralitytof pipes The side of the mem-' her-l opposite the seating surfaces is bicfurcatedsand when engaging the member between the bifurcations has armovement 9 9 and 10-10. of Figs. 7 and 8; Fig. 11

limited indirectionlongitudinal of the memet, as illustrated by Fig. 1, with the pipes 12 contained between the seatsfi'and 9 of the 1member's2and8, the'pipes 13 contained between. the'seats-9 and 11 of the members 8 and 10. and the hinged side 5 is inclosed position, "the pipes 12 and13 would be held only against vertical: displacement. If the. engagement between the pipes and pipe seats was suffici'ently freeto permit longitudinal. and transis less than one-half the circumference there- 7 v rsemovement of the pipes under expansion, thef pipes would rattle when thecar was in motion, and if the pipes were. held firmly enough to prevent the rattling, the free move- .ment during expansion would beprevented.

iToovercom'e thiscondition a curved fiat bar and the side 5 within the bifurcated portion ofthe member 10. Theends' of the spring 14 are made to bear on the member 5 and the undue movement between the pipes and the' pipe'seats when the car is in motion. The pipes when heated and expanded will further compress the spring 1 to permit longitudi nal and transverse movement ofjthe pipes. Thus the pipes will at all times be held'in place by a resilient force which will permit movement of the pipes in a longitudinal'and transverse direction during expansion, but

will prevent undue vibration between the pipes and their seats, the members 8, 10 and the frame 1. Y

The modification of the invention as shown -.by Fig. 7 has a frame comprising a fixed side 16 having a plurality of pipe seats 17 and "top and bottom members 18 and 19 formed integral therewith. The members 18 and 19 side 20. The seating member 21 within the bracket has bifurcated ends engaging the top and bottom portions of the frame and functions the same as described in Fig. 1. The

- seating member 23 adjacent thehinged side a is the same as previously described for the similar member in Fig. 1, excepting-for the the invention the spring is fixed at both ends against stops 37 on the member 20 but is free to bend in the middle under pressure andto by'Fig. 8 has a rigid frame comprising'a fixed 'side'29 with: top and bottom'niembers and -31 formed integral therewith and a hinged side '32." Neither side has seats formed integral therewith but has separate seating members 33 adjacent thereto with resilient means inthe form of springs 35 between the sidev -and seating member for holding the pipes in their seats.

The central seating member 34: has seats formed on each side and moves in the'bifurcatedsides of'the members 30 and Otherwise the mode of assembling the pipes in the bracket and the action of the various partsis the same as previously described for Fig. 1. t

7 Having thus described the invention what I ela'im as newand desire to secure by Lette'rs Patent is: j

1; A pipe bracket comprising a supporting 1 frame having a hinged side, seats for pipes in one side of said frame, a laterally movable seating member within the frame and a resilient member between said laterally movable seating member and one side of said frame, said resilient member holding the pipes between said seating surfaces to prevent movement longitudinally of the seating member but permitting movement of said p'ip'esduring expansion.

2. In a pipe bracket, the combination of a rigid frame, a movable side on said frame,

members having a plurality of seating surfaces within said frame, resilient means between said members and sides of frame, said resilient members holding said pipes in place between said seating members while permitting longitudinal expansion of the pipes.

3. The combination in a bracket for holding a series of pipes in spaced alignment, of

a rigid supportframe, a plurality of spaced seating members each having a plurality of pipe seats,resilient means between said seating members and frame sides and a removable side on said frame.

I The combination in a pipe bracket of a supporting frame, means within said frame for holding a plurality of pipes in spaced alignment against independent movement laterally and transversely of said frame, resilient means between one of said spacing means and a side of said frame, said resilient means extending across a plurality of pipes for permitting transverse and longitudinal expansion of said pipes.

5. A pipe bracket maintaining a plurality of 'spaced pipes in vertical and transverse alignment comprising a rigid frame, pipe engaging seating members at each side of said resilient member 27. In this embodiment of.v

frame, a supporting member having a plurality of .pipe'seating members within said frame and movable transversely thereof, and resilient means between said side pipe seating members and the side of said frame.

6. The combination in a pipe bracket of a rigid frame, pipeseating members at the side of said frame, a member within the frame and movable laterally thereof supporting said pipes in'vertical alignment and maintaining the pipes in said side seating members and resilient means between said side pipe seating members and frame side.

7. In a pipe supporting bracket frame in combination, spaced pipe seating surfaces in one side of said frame, a member mounted within said frame and movable transversely thereof andhaving spaced pipe seating surfaces at each side thereof, a member mounted adjacent the other side of said frame havmembers anda resilient member between said side inemberand theadjacent side of said frame. 1

8. In a' pipe supporting bracket in combination, a rigid frame having a side thereof hinged to open outwardly, spaced pipe seating surfaces in one side of said frame, a member mounted adjacent the transversely 5 opposite side of said frame and having spaced pipe seating surfaces on one side thereof, a member movably mounted within said frame intermediate said sides and having spaced pipe seating surfaces at each side thereof and 1 in alignment with the adjacent seating surfaces at the sides of the frame, pipes sup ported between the pipe seating surfaces of said members and a resilient member between a side of said frame and the adjacent side seating member.

9. In a pipe supporting bracket frame in combination, members mounted at transversely opposite sides of said frame, spaced pipe seating surfaces on said members, a member movably mounted within said frame, in termediate said members, and having spaced pipe seating surfaces at opposite sides thereof, pipe supported between the opposing pipe seating surfaces and a resilient member beatween one of said side members and the adj acent side of said frame.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FELIX KOCH. 

